Back in Europe, Italy, just as Charles VIII was marching into Naples with his might, the shadow of a larger war had begun to loom over the Apennine Peninsula.

The Kingdom of Naples includes the entire southern Apennine Peninsula, covering an area of more than 70,000 square kilometers, and the area firmly occupied by Charles VIII is actually only the city of Naples and its surrounding areas, in fact, Aragon and Castile want to intervene, and can still easily land in the Kingdom of Naples, many towns on the long coastline of the Kingdom of Naples are not loyal to the French.

"What?" Hearing the report from the Kingdom of Sicily, Ferdinand II felt very unreasonable, what happened to this world?

It turned out that when the Castilian army arrived in Sicily, it was ostracized and neglected by the Sicilian courtiers, who often did not receive enough supplies, because the Sicilians were more reluctant to "foreign armies" - although the King of Sicily and the Queen of Castile were husband and wife.

If this happened to the Germans, it could probably be thought that it was the result of the rigor of the Europeans, whether you are husband and wife or not, Castile and Sicily are not related.

However, Ferdinand knew too well what the virtues of the Sicilian courtiers were, and these people were not for any so-called rigor and legal reasoning, either they were too lazy to care, or they just wanted to extort money.

"In this way, let Sardinia supply Sicily, food, weapons and ammunition." Sardinia is now showing its worth. The two most obvious targets for the landing of the Central Powers in the Mediterranean were Sicily and Sardinia, Sicily was the most suitable if it was to strike Italy, and Sardinia was an important base if it was to land in southern France. Both islands were now in Aragone's hands, and Malta to the south was also under Aragon's control, which firmly controlled the sea in the western Mediterranean, allowing it to attack the Apennines with impunity and choke the Ottoman Empire's westward sea lanes.

Ferdinand was now so eager to send troops to Italy because the formation of the anti-French "Venetian League" was imminent.

"Invite me to Venice?" Receiving the invitation, Ferdinand knew that the First Italian War was not far off.

The European powers were afraid of the rise of France, and Venice, after watching for a while, also believed that France could not be allowed to continue to behave in a disorderly manner, so the commander of the Republic of Venice, Agostin Barbarigo, sent ambassadors to run around, mediating the matchmaking of various countries, and striving to unite these major forces dissatisfied with France into a united front.

France was outraged this time, and the Grand Duchy of Milan, Pope Alexander VI, and Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I all warmly welcomed the Florentine Republic, which should have been added, but by this time the Florentine Republic had been overthrown.

In 1490, the eschatological propagandist Savonarola was invited by Count Pico della Mirandora to return to Florence again. His eschatological sermons began to gain traction, and in addition to preaching the Bible, he often claimed to have received oracles from God to speak directly with God or saints. Such intense sermons were not uncommon at the time, but some of the historical events that took place in the following years can be explained by his prophecies. Such as the Italian War, the decline of the Medici family, the outbreak of the plague, etc. During the Renaissance, wealthy Florentine merchants and aristocrats spent large sums of money on antiques and art, creating a severe inequality between the rich and the poor. At this time, Savonarola preached the abandonment of earthly wealth and the pursuit of the spiritual salvation of the Lord, and also won the support of many middle- and lower-class commoners. In addition, the year 1500 - this year is too close to say it, and it is not the whole 2012 or anything - is coming soon, so that the whole number of years creates an illusion of the end times for ordinary believers, so people are more susceptible to eschatological demagoguery. In her sermons, Savonarola vehemently opposed Pope Alexander VI and the Medici, the dominant Florentine family, even though the latter was his patron.

In 1494, King Charles VIII of France invaded Florence, the ruling Medici family was overthrown, and Savonarola became the new spiritual and secular leader of Florence. Due to his pro-French attitude, supporting Charles VIII's wars, his regime was supported by the French. He established the Republic of Florence, which transformed same-sex sexual acts, which were mere fines, into crimes punishable by the death penalty.

Venice did not forget about Castile and Aragone, and sent ambassadors with invitations to ask Ferdinand and Isabella to join the League. Isabella immediately agreed, and said that I could still bring the British in.

So Isabella wrote to King Henry VII of England, asking him to join the defense of Italy and the fight against France.

Henry VII was not interested in defending Italy, and even less in fighting the Ottomans. But when it comes to striking France, he raises his hands in favor! At this time, there was no integration between Britain and France, although they lost the Hundred Years' War, but the British had not given up the mainland, and they also had two important strongholds on the mainland, Calais and Dunkirk, and they still wanted to settle accounts with the French all the time. Knowing that Milan, Venice, the Papal States, Castile and Aragon are all going to unite, if England is counted, it is basically all of Europe beating the French together! Such a good opportunity is really rare and hard to find!

Back in the Iberian Peninsula, Ferdinand was already on his way to Venice at Málaga in Granada, where the Castilian army was constantly sailing to Sicily.

While passing through Sicily, Ferdinand found Ferdinand (Naples), who was enjoying the "picturesque beauty of his relatives' country", and when he saw him, Ferdinand had the illusion that he had seen his own dark side.

"I have nothing to say, let your Neapolitan government-in-exile send a representative to Venice, if you don't want to go yourself." After Ferdinand finished speaking, he turned around and left, this guy has the same name and title as himself, it is really disgusting.

Thus, on March 31, 1495, in addition to the Florentine Republic, which had been transformed into a pro-French regime by Savonarola, the victims who had been sacked by the French along the road, the Grand Duke of Milan, Pope Alexander VI, the representatives of the government in exile of Naples, the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, who feared the continued expansion of France, and Ferdinand II of Aragon, who had just unified Spain, were informed in advance of the early participation of the English representatives, and the host of the Republic of Venice, Agostin A. Barbarigo gathered in Venice to negotiate the establishment of an anti-French "Venice League".

“…… Another condition for Aragorn's participation in this alliance was that the league had to change its name. Ferdinand, who had a bad taste, coughed twice.

"That's fine, what's the name you come up with?" The host, Agostin Barbarigo, the commander of the Republic of Venice, said kindly that it would not be a big deal to change the name.

"In order to defend world peace against French aggression, we should unite all the forces that can be united, and we have done so at the moment, standing on the same front, and I suggest that in the future, if there is a similar need (against France), we should all form such a united front - the anti-French united front."